Jerry Beck

Publisher Editor

Writer, cartoon producer and author of more than 15 books on animation history. A former studio exec with Nickelodeon and Disney; currently on the faculty at both CalArts in Valencia and Woodbury University in Burbank, California.

Articles By Jerry Beck

TRAILER: Dreamworks “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”

For the first time in more than a decade, DreamWorks Animation presents a new adventure in the Shrek universe as daring outlaw Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for peril and disregard for safety have taken their toll. Puss has burned through eight of his nine lives, though he lost count along the way. […]

Netflix Sets Fall 2022 For Henry Selick’s “Wendell And Wild”

From the delightfully wicked minds of Henry Selick and Jordan Peele, comes WENDELL & WILD, an animated tale about scheming demon brothers Wendell (Keegan-Michael Key) and Wild (Peele) – who enlist the aid of 13-year-old Kat Elliot – a tough teen with a load of guilt – to summon them to the Land of the […]

ANNIE AWARD WINNERS: “The Mitchells vs. The Machines”, “Flee”, “Arcane” Take Top Honors

Sony Pictures Animation was a big winner Saturday evening during the 49th Virtual Annie Awards. The Mitchells vs The Machines received eight Annies including Best Feature, Best FX (Christopher Logan, Man-Louk Chin, Devdatta Nerurkar, Pav Grochola, Filippo Maccari), Character Design (Lindsey Olivares), Direction (Mike Rianda, Jeff Rowe), Production Design (Lindsey Olivares, Toby Wilson, Dave Bleich), […]

TRAILER: Netflix “Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood”

One of the most anticipated animated features of 2022 is Richard Linklater’s Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood – and today Netflix dropped the trailer. The film tells the story of the first moon landing in the summer of 1969 from two interwoven perspectives – the astronaut and mission control view of the triumphant […]

TRAILER: Nickelodeon’s Reboot “The Fairly Oddparents: Fairly Odder”

Paramount+ today released the official trailer and key art for its upcoming original series The Fairly Oddparents: Fairly Odder. All 13 episodes of the debut season will be available to stream beginning Thursday, March 31, exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Nordics and Latin America. Combining live action and animation, The Fairly Oddparents: […]

Jerry Beck

Publisher Editor

Articles By Jerry Beck

TRAILER: Dreamworks “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”

Netflix Sets Fall 2022 For Henry Selick’s “Wendell And Wild”

ANNIE AWARD WINNERS: “The Mitchells vs. The Machines”, “Flee”, “Arcane” Take Top Honors

TRAILER: Netflix “Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood”

TRAILER: Nickelodeon’s Reboot “The Fairly Oddparents: Fairly Odder”

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